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Integral Systems Awarded NOAA Satellite Contract
Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] has been awarded a contract with initial value of $4.7 million to upgrade the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s polar ground system to support the initial […]
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Boeing To Build Indonesian Satellite
Indonesia’s Binariang Satellite Systems and Boeing Satellite Systems, a unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], have signed a contract for the procurement of a high-power commercial communications satellite. The new Boeing […]
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Maryland Senate Drops Set-Top Box Energy Requirements
The Maryland State Senate has removed the mandatory energy efficiency standards for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and cable set-top boxes that was part of the proposed Maryland Energy Efficiency Standards […]
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New Skies Names Pitsch To Lead South American Sales Effort
Satellite communications company New Skies Satellites [AEX, NYSE: NSK] has named Jurandir M. Pitsch as sales director for its commercial activities in Brazil and the Mercosur region of Latin America. […]
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SES Global Boosts Revenues, Incurs Profit Dip
SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], the world’s largest satellite operator, increased its revenues by 1.38 billion euros ($1.47 billion), or 38 percent, from 2001 to 2002. The company’s profit, however, dipped […]
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Sirius CFO Resigns To Take Another Post
John Scelfo, Sirius Satellite Radio‘s [Nasdaq: SIRI] chief financial officer, is leaving the company April 6 to join a company outside the satellite industry. Scelfo played a key role in […]
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DirecTV LA Targets Programmers
Programmers that were unable to re-negotiate contract terms with money-losing DirecTV Latin America may have lost leverage last week after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The question […]
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EchoStar Gambles On Insurance
The soaring cost of space insurance has convinced EchoStar Communications [SPOT] that buying coverage for its eight in-orbit satellites is not worth the price. According to documents filed with the […]
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Launch Demand Forecasts Skew Upward
By Roger Rusch Although there is great concern about weak demand within the launch services industry, there are brighter prospects ahead. In a few years, a new cycle of satellite […]
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Spotlight: Inmarsat Puts Spare To Work Over Mideast
Inmarsat is moving one of its five in-orbit spare satellites over the Middle East to meet rising demand for military and media communications in that region. The London-based provider of […]
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Satellite Radio Tunes Up With OEM Sales
By Jimmy Schaeffler The spotlight for satellite radio now is shining on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The reasoning is that satellite radio’s prime success will come from units that are […]
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Inmarsat Posts Rising Revenues, Earnings
Inmarsat, a London-based provider of global mobile communications via satellite, reported increases in revenues, profits and earnings per share last year compared with 2001. Revenues rose 5 percent to $463 […]
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Intelsat Defends DoD Procurement Process
Responding to complaints of favoritism in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) commercial satellite service procurement process, Intelsat told the General Accounting Office that a contract it received to provide satellite […]
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Gilat Deploys Nicaraguan Network
Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] has deployed a fixed rural satellite telephony network for Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel) to serve 170 communities throughout Nicaragua. The new network, based on Gilat’s […]
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Sea Launch To Resume Launches
Sea Launch said March 20 that it is ready to resume satellite launches following completion of the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) investigation into the failure of the […]
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ESA To Launch Mars Probe
Mars Express, the European Space Agency’s first spacecraft developed for a mission to the planet Mars, has completed its tests at Toulouse, France. After six months of extensive thermal environmental, […]
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Lockheed Martin Gets Patent
The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a patent for a ceramic rocket nozzle throat for solid rocket motors. The new ceramic material promises […]
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EMS, Stratos Partner
EMS Technologies [ELMG] has signed an agreement that makes Stratos a principal reseller to the trucking industry of EMS’ suite of satellite communications terminals. With the partnership, Stratos can offer […]
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SpaceX Fires Rocket Engine
El Segundo, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), founded by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, has successfully test fired the company’s Falcon rocket main engine. “Satellites and spacecraft urgently need a more […]
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NASA Buys Integral System
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has purchased Integral’s [ISYS] SKYLIGHT ground terminal system for receiving and processing satellite Earth science data. The system includes a receiver and data processing, […]
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The Satellite News Financial Ticker
Week of March 14 – 20, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol March 20 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.41 0.7 (10.8) […]
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ISECUREtrac, Premier Geografix Team To Provide Criminal Tracking In UK
ISecuretrac [OTC: ISRE], developer of Global Positioning System-based personal tracking devices, has signed a distribution agreement to provide Premier Geografix LTD with its tracNET24 GPS tracking solution for distribution in […]
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Satellite Radio Firms, SoundExchange Ink Licensing Accord
XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] and SoundExchange, have agreed to royalty rates and terms for the public performance of copyrighted sound recordings by the satellite […]
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ESA Ponders Rosetta’s Future
Following the decision not to launch Europe’s comet chaser Rosetta in January, scientists and engineers at the European Space Agency have been examining alternative mission scenarios. Following the failure of […]
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Marconi, SnapTrack Develop Improved A-GPS Product
Marconi’s [OTC Bulletin Board: MONI] Wireless Business Unit and Qualcomm [Nasdaq: QCOM] subsidiary SnapTrack have signed an agreement to cooperate in the development of an enhancement to Marconi’s Planet EV […]
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Primus Moves Up To The Nasdaq National Market
Primus Telecommunications Group [Nasdaq: PRTL], a facilities-based telecommunications services provider, has received approval effective today to list its common stock on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “PRTL.” Primus’ […]
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BBC Hopes For Continued Good Relations With BSkyB
The BBC hopes that itsdecision not to pay conditional access fees to BSkyB, a News Corp [NYSE: NWS] affiliate,will not sour relations between the two companies. The BBC confirmed earlier […]
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Telesat Selects ILS To Launch Anik F1R Bird
BCE [NYSE: BCE] subsidiary Telesat Canada has signed a contract with International Launch Services to launch its new Anik F1R satellite aboard a Russian Proton M/Breeze M rocket in 2005. […]
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EMS Technologies, Stratos Partner To Serve Truckers
EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] has signed an agreement that makes Stratos [Toronto: SGB] a principal reseller to the trucking industry of EMS’ (Atlanta) suite of satellite communications terminals. With the […]
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Sea Launch To Resume Launches
Sea Launch said Thursday that it is ready to resume satellite launches following completion of the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) investigation into the failure of the ILS […]